Floyd

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #2,230 for boys in 2025, 63 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 523 births
Debut · boys
206 births
In top 100 · boys
60 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
154,370
since 1880

Floyd over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201948peak #44, 1905boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,23063
2024—#2,13369
2023—#2,51053
2022—#2,24364
2021—#1,94377
2020—#2,02470
2019—#1,89978
2018—#1,79285
2017—#1,63097
2016—#1,456118
2015—#1,531107
2014—#1,73087
2013—#1,65991
2012—#1,83280
2011—#1,68788
2010—#1,83479
2009—#1,556105
2008—#1,504108
2007—#1,433113
2006—#1,56294
2005—#1,47898
2004—#1,304114
2003—#1,324104
2002—#1,244109
2001—#1,143121
2000—#1,040139
1999—#1,126117
1998—#977141
1997—#931145
1996—#960134
1995—#893150
1994—#784184
1993—#690224
1992#13,3175#740195
1991—#648247
1990—#638251
1989—#568293
1988—#554275
1987#11,3255#490326
1986#10,9125#481328
1985—#499303
1984—#465330
1983#10,2755#439356
1982#10,5175#421395
1981—#390431
1980#10,3925#386444
1979—#380448
1978—#354477
1977#9,6525#354490
1976#8,1566#360448
1975—#334521
1974#8,7755#309591
1973#4,15514#297606
1972#8,2925#304610
1971—#283735
1970#5,4139#280754
1969#6,6176#260799
1968—#249828
1967#3,84512#237872
1966—#229942
1965#6,5395#2251,055
1964#3,51514#2191,200
1963#4,01911#2161,293
1962#4,01111#2091,343
1961#4,8828#2031,439
1960#3,68812#1981,465
1959#3,82711#1931,533
1958#3,54312#1791,627
1957#3,48912#1701,825
1956#2,92916#1721,729
1955#4,0699#1651,714
1954#3,9679#1521,871
1953#3,26912#1521,875
1952#3,55210#1491,860
1951#3,28411#1401,935
1950#2,78114#1431,890
1949#2,41017#1332,021
1948#2,58915#1342,040
1947#3,06112#1302,212
1946#2,39216#1212,124
1945#2,45813#1141,986
1944#2,62512#1102,096
1943#3,8017#1122,226
1942#1,86021#1132,172
1941#3,2528#1022,109
1940#2,10915#1032,012
1939#2,03816#942,094
1938#2,22514#962,146
1937#1,99916#802,388
1936#1,64021#862,228
1935#1,66321#762,506
1934#1,55623#732,533
1933#1,51324#692,541
1932#1,34630#682,667
1931#1,54924#662,707
1930#1,46028#613,077
1929#1,33932#583,079
1928#1,33833#543,338
1927#1,19442#533,549
1926#1,24339#533,623
1925#1,40933#583,524
1924#1,61228#663,165
1923#1,42832#643,143
1922#1,16843#613,221
1921#1,62527#633,255
1920#1,70824#613,260
1919#1,24237#593,121
1918#1,45129#613,235
1917#1,28132#622,820
1916#1,58123#602,783
1915#1,33928#592,824
1914#1,48019#582,090
1913#1,35818#581,740
1912#1,25218#591,438
1911#1,30013#57734
1910#1,6349#55687
1909#1,4719#53570
1908#1,13513#55529
1907#2,0615#53521
1906#1,3219#54458
1905#1,16211#44523
1904#1,8775#52446
1903#1,02712#46472
1902—#47471
1901#1,1369#46423
1900#1,00814#48555
1899#1,3946#52356
1898#1,3797#51434
1897#1,1678#48451
1896#1,04710#55396
1895#1,5925#51427
1894#99810#46445
1893#95510#59351
1892#1,2786#52420
1891#1,0068#53336
1890#1,2106#60341
1889#75712#63313
1888#1,0367#67302
1887—#73232
1886#7789#66275
1885#1,0475#70259
1884—#70263
1883—#73217
1882—#76231
1881—#78178
1880—#75206
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Floyd was already there! It came in at #75, and was given to 206 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 79 boys a year got the name.

Where Floyd is popular in 1948

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedAKMaine: #143 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 893 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNHWashington: #169 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,320 boysWAIdaho: #171 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 963 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #142 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 914 boysNDMinnesota: #158 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,357 boysMNIllinois: #154 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 1,257 boysILWisconsin: #144 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 1,230 boysWIMichigan: #133 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 966 boysMINew York: #167 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 1,877 boysNYMassachusetts: #305 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,672 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedRIOregon: #123 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 735 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedNVWyoming: #89 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 404 boysWYSouth Dakota: #102 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 520 boysSDIowa: #178 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,522 boysIAIndiana: #118 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 808 boysINOhio: #115 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 828 boysOHPennsylvania: #137 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 1,388 boysPANew Jersey: #166 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,061 boysNJConnecticut: #213 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,850 boysCTCalifornia: #147 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 1,032 boysCAUtah: #121 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 587 boysUTColorado: #123 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 651 boysCONebraska: #176 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,429 boysNEMissouri: #89 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 518 boysMOKentucky: #101 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 555 boysKYWest Virginia: #114 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 691 boysWVVirginia: #87 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 414 boysVAMaryland: #129 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 829 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Floyd, so not publishedDEArizona: #157 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 838 boysAZNew Mexico: #129 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 562 boysNMKansas: #109 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 566 boysKSArkansas: #61 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 313 boysARTennessee: #90 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 499 boysTNNorth Carolina: #100 for boys · 97 births · 1 in 530 boysNCSouth Carolina: #136 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 804 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #132 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 949 boysDCOklahoma: #72 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 354 boysOKLouisiana: #99 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 446 boysLAMississippi: #91 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 473 boysMSAlabama: #102 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 533 boysALGeorgia: #135 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 740 boysGAHawaii: #165 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,008 boysHITexas: #117 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 590 boysTXFlorida: #133 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 789 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#61 · 1 in 313
  2. Oklahoma#72 · 1 in 354
  3. Virginia#87 · 1 in 414
  4. Wyoming#89 · 1 in 404
  5. Missouri#89 · 1 in 518

Best ever in a state: #14 in Kansas, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#61731 in 313
Oklahoma#72661 in 354
Virginia#87891 in 414
Missouri#89791 in 518
Wyoming#8971 in 404
Tennessee#90791 in 499
Mississippi#91601 in 473
Louisiana#99761 in 446
North Carolina#100971 in 530
Kentucky#101651 in 555
Alabama#102731 in 533
South Dakota#102141 in 520
Kansas#109341 in 566
West Virginia#114361 in 691
Ohio#1151081 in 828
Texas#1171661 in 590
Indiana#118541 in 808
Utah#121161 in 587
Colorado#123241 in 651
Oregon#123221 in 735
Maryland#129291 in 829
New Mexico#129161 in 562
District of Columbia#132131 in 949
Florida#133361 in 789
Michigan#133761 in 966
Georgia#135591 in 740
South Carolina#136351 in 804
Pennsylvania#137791 in 1,388
North Dakota#14281 in 914
Maine#143111 in 893
Wisconsin#144311 in 1,230
California#1471141 in 1,032
Illinois#154701 in 1,257
Arizona#157111 in 838
Minnesota#158251 in 1,357
Hawaii#16561 in 1,008
New Jersey#166221 in 2,061
New York#167791 in 1,877
Washington#169201 in 1,320
Idaho#17171 in 963
Nebraska#176101 in 1,429
Iowa#178191 in 1,522
Connecticut#21351 in 3,850
Massachusetts#30551 in 9,672
Alaska———
Delaware———
Montana———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Floyd
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#2,133 → #2,230)
  • 206 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,230)
  • 699 spots since 2015 (#1,531 → #2,230)
  • Biggest jump: 50 spots in 1993 (#740 → #690)
  • Biggest drop: 149 spots in 1999 (#977 → #1,126)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #44 (523 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 85 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1939
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1880–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 250
  • Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1897 were named Floyd (0.40%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,112 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #44 in 1905, was only 1 in 253 (0.40%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.5% of all boys named Floyd (33,157) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,476#63 (1889)#71
1890s3,957#46 (1894)#53
1900s4,968#44 (1905)#50
1910s21,472#55 (1910)#59
1920s33,157#53 (1926)#59
1930s24,887#61 (1930)#77
1940s20,998#102 (1941)#117
1950s17,859#140 (1951)#162
1960s11,236#198 (1960)#225
1970s5,680#280 (1970)#326
1980s3,481#386 (1980)#469
1990s1,788#638 (1990)#839
2000s1,105#1,040 (2000)#1,359
2010s910#1,456 (2016)#1,705
2020s396#1,943 (2021)#2,181

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Floyd in 1948

girls
#2,589
15 births · 1 in 113,194 girls
boys
#134
2,040 births · 1 in 860 boys

Top girls' names in 1948

  1. #1Linda96,220
  2. #2Mary68,597
  3. #3Barbara46,826
  4. #4Patricia46,140
  5. #5Susan35,988
  6. #6Sandra31,063
  7. #7Nancy29,411
  8. #8Carol28,977
  9. #9Sharon26,143
  10. #10Kathleen23,257
  11. #2,589Floyd15

Top boys' names in 1948

  1. #1James88,605
  2. #2Robert85,478
  3. #3John82,834
  4. #4William61,972
  5. #5David56,627
  6. #6Michael52,566
  7. #7Richard50,970
  8. #8Thomas43,780
  9. #9Charles38,676
  10. #10Ronald33,527
  11. #134Floyd2,040
More about 1948

girls

1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 113,194 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 57.1% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #2,491Tyra16
  2. #2,491Valentine16
  3. #2,491Zadie16
  4. #2,589Floyd15
  5. #2,589Alane15
  6. #2,589Aleatha15
  7. #2,589Allyn15
  8. #2,701Adline14
  9. #2,701Adrianna14
  10. #2,701Afton14

Tied with 111 names at #2,589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 555Shawn#1,510 → #955
  2. ↑ 549Regena#1,488 → #939
  3. ↑ 491Regenia#1,255 → #764
  4. ↑ 460Mickie#1,228 → #768
  5. ↑ 413Shirleen#1,377 → #964
Fallers
  1. ↓ 408Michaele#859 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 358Marge#969 → #1,327
  3. ↓ 334Ilona#875 → #1,209
  4. ↓ 282Trudi#875 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 248Marylyn#909 → #1,157

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 860 of them was named Floyd, which outranked 96.8% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Floyd
  1. #131Clyde2,073
  2. #132Allan2,063
  3. #133Glen2,047
  4. #134Floyd2,040
  5. #134Lonnie2,040
  6. #136Vernon2,034
  7. #137Joel2,026
  8. #138Harvey2,003

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1947
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Arnulfo#1,316 → #802
  2. ↑ 422Lucio#1,394 → #972
  3. ↑ 377Isidro#1,190 → #813
  4. ↑ 363Shawn#923 → #560
  5. ↑ 331Aurelio#1,233 → #902
Fallers
  1. ↓ 400Marshal#1,000 → #1,400
  2. ↓ 390Robby#906 → #1,296
  3. ↓ 333Frances#923 → #1,256
  4. ↓ 324Deane#836 → #1,160
  5. ↓ 321Lenwood#975 → #1,296

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1948 →